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1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Author: Gaston Caperton

3. Title and type of source: popular press article- Closing the Gap between College Aspiration and Success

4. Dates of publication: 05/10/2012

5. As you write your post, consider the following: the article discussed the manner in which there has been an increase in college graduates and the number of people seeking to join such institutions. There is a high percentage in those that want to join these institutions, and as such, there will be high graduation numbers. It offers a solution in the form of firstly making application procedure simpler. They also opine to provide students with access to the best advisory resources and most complete college planning resources. It also discusses how educators and instructors can be more empowered in the college planning process. This is to ensure students’ needs and requirements are met.

1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Author: Kevin Gilligan

3. Title and type of source: international news sources- Four Trends Destined to Close the Gap between College and Finding a Job

4. Dates of publication: May 26, 2016

5. As you write your post, consider the following: This article highlights how higher education institutions are under skepticism due to the lack of job applications. This reduces the interest that individuals have in application to colleges due to their limited job possibilities. This is because employers are more interested in experience and skill work than the educational qualification. This is also due to how employers have changed their perspective and strategy of seeking employees. Furthermore, the policy being used does not mean much to how qualification and employment are being done.

1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Authors: Susan Fanetti, Kathy M. Bushrow, and David L. DeWeese

3. Title and type of source- Scholarly article-Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations

4. Dates of publication: March 2010, Vol. 99, No. 4pp. 77-83

5. As you write your post, consider the following: This article discusses how there is a gap between the manner in which employers seek their employees and the structure of college and high school. As such, this can be done by rethinking the purpose of high school. This requires tackling the gap in employment at an early age and ensuring individuals are well shown the importance of developing skills.

1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Authors: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Becky Frankiewicz

3. Title and type of source: Scholarly Article - Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?

4. Dates of publication: January 07, 2019

5. As you write your post, consider the following: This article gives the opinion that there is little preparation from institutions regarding the manner in which graduates have skills for their respective jobs. With the way in which there is a reduction in return on investment when it comes to the practicability of the application of their knowledge correctly.

1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Author: Susan Colantuono

3. Title and type of source: Non-traditional source - The career advice you probably didn’t get

4. Dates of publication: November 2013

5. As you write your post, consider the following: this is a short discussion regarding the manner to make decisions regarding college and work. This discussion is aimed at women and several other individuals. It provides a different perspective with regards to the topic of employment and what can be done to increase the productivity of an individual.

1. Title: Closing the Gap between College and Career

2. Author(s): University Business, Web Editor

3. Title and type of source: Web source - Closing the gap between college career services and employers

4. Dates of publication: November 20, 2016

5. As you write your post, consider the following: This article gives the perspective of bridging the gap by understanding the details between college career services and employers. This is because they are the essential service providers that provide details of individuals for employment. As such, it plays a crucial part in understanding how they can encompass and highlight employees’ skillset further to increase the intake rate of those qualified.

References

Gilligan K., (2016), Four Trends Destined To Close the Gap between College And Finding A Job retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/schoolboard/2016/05/26/four-trends-destined-to-close-the-gap-between-college-and-finding-a-job/#2635d9856430

University Business, (2016), Closing the gap between college career services and employers

retrieved from: https://universitybusiness.com/closing-the-gap-between-college-career-services-and-employers/

Susan Colantuono, (2013), The career advice you probably didn’t get

retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get

Gaston Caperton G., (2012), Closing the Gap between College Aspiration and Success

retrieved from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/closing-the-gap-between-college-aspiration-and-success_b_1506039

Chamorro-Premuzic T., & Frankiewicz B., (2019), Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?

retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2019/01/does-higher-education-still-prepare-people-for-jobs

Fanetti S., Bushrow K., and DeWeese D., (2010), Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations

retrieved from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27807171?seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents